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Coral Reefs

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

18 chapters, about 68,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I.—ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS 300 words
2. SECTION III.—ON THE DEPTHS AT WHICH REEF-BUILDING POLYPIFERS CAN LIVE. 200 words
3. PLATE I. 1,200 words
4. INTRODUCTION. 700 words
5. SECTION I.—KEELING ATOLL. 4,900 words
6. SECTION II.—GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ATOLLS. 3,200 words
7. SECTION III.—ATOLLS OF THE MALDIVA ARCHIPELAGO—GREAT CHAGOS BANK. 2,900 words
8. BARRIER REEFS. 2,800 words
9. FRINGING OR SHORE-REEFS. 1,600 words
10. ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS. 2,100 words
11. SECTION II.—ON THE RATE OF GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS. 2,200 words
12. SECTION III.—ON THE DEPTHS AT WHICH REEF-BUILDING POLYPIFERS CAN LIVE. 1,900 words
13. CHAPTER V. 9,500 words
14. CHAPTER VI. 9,000 words
15. APPENDIX. 24,000 words
16. INDEX. 400 words
17. BYRON. 1,100 words
18. PESCADO. 500 words

Ideas discussed in this book

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